Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] big " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm I 'm on about big tins . |
| 2 | The industry is still stuffed with excess capacity , mostly taken on for Big Bang and the freak year of boom that followed ( until the 1987 crash ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Being brought in for big games without any warning is something I 'm used to . |
| 4 | ‘ Being brought in for big games without any warning is something I 'm used to . |
| 5 | She makes net , reels you in like big fish . ’ |
| 6 | Sometimes the ghee ( clarified butter ) which was offered to pour over the plain rice was kept there along with big spoons for dishing up . |
| 7 | He is one of the world 's stirrers and shakers , and even more than Bella he seems to wolf life down in big mouthfuls . |
| 8 | The DSS is taking action to cut down on big mortgages being paid by the taxpayer . |
| 9 | ITN 's News at Ten homes in on Big Ben as if it were the only part of London that mattered . |
| 10 | On the subject of overseas coaches or players coming over for big money to coach Irish clubs Armstrong has strong views . |
| 11 | Taking over from Big Ron , Francis has become an accomplished manager after his experience at QPR . |
| 12 | VISYSTEMS GEARS UP FOR BIG CICS DOWNSIZING MOVE |
| 13 | Piper tunes up for big Benn |
| 14 | And when the stars ' faces filled the whole screen so that you saw their huge lips close up like big pillows moving and their great teeth and their smooth matt skin filling the whole screen , it was frightening . |
| 15 | Only the A E U have the courage to stand up against big brother , the T U C , warning against denying the unemployed a glimmer of hope . |
| 16 | Love does not involve giving fancy parcels tied up with big red bows . |
| 17 | Zeni Geva , meanwhile , hooks up with Big Black/Rapeman leader Steve Albini to produce a guitar assault that is certainly not for the faint of heart . |
| 18 | Continental furniture holding up with big names offered this month |
| 19 | She was shortish and had an attractive way of cocking her head on one side and looking up with big dark eyes and a wryly amused smile . |
| 20 | It 's got er , impact , it 's , it appeared relatively small so you know , to erm it 's a fact of life that small prints have a , a lot more to do to keep up with big ones , they have to more impact . |
| 21 | He tore the pages up into big pieces and then he tore the big pieces up into tiny pieces . |
| 22 | Moreover , he had written it on pages that he could not at this moment tear up into big pieces and then into smaller pieces . |
| 23 | Students , because their money is not tied up in big items such as mortgages , spend a lot on goods such as jeans , beer and cheap travel , and are therefore a target group . |
| 24 | ‘ Pay back when possible , boychik , and do n't ever tell the missus or we both end up in big trouble . ’ |
| 25 | The only gunfire we heard was from the army rifle range across the hill , and sometimes they would bring tanks up on big wagons so they could practice on the moor . |
| 26 | KEN ROGERS gives his summing up on big debate |
| 27 | Staff also felt great unease about a major environment group cozying up to big business ; a significant minority of Probe 's employees at the time were opposed to promoting products from any corporation . |
| 28 | Plenty of small operators remain to be gobbled up by big ones able to meet the capital and research costs now required . |
| 29 | It 's common all over the Pacific , and they drink it out of big wooden bowls , passing it round the circle . ’ |
| 30 | Thirty-nine years after Roy became a schoolboy football star on the front page of the then new comic , Tiger , he is finally bowing out of big time . |